Stir it up! To battle the intolerable
summer heat that drives people away from the city to exotic summer resorts, State-of-the-Arts
Gallery is delighted to present our refreshing summer group exhibition,
featuring 10 of our gallery’s favorite artists from all over the world. Artists
featured in this exhibition are Carmen Gloria Machuca, Christian Hofmann,
Cristina Blanch, Erin de Burca, Frankie Cihi, Ghasan Saaid, Gina Intveen,
Isabel Garfias, Paul Lemmon and Paulina Beyer. The exhibition will run from 1st
to 18th August 2012.

It has come to the time when people are
reluctant to even go outdoor, let alone walking in the heat to search for art
treasure. So State-of-the-Arts Gallery would like to offer our friends an
all-in-one art experience and a treasure hunt from our Gallery’s collection.
The pieces selected for this ‘Summer Stir’ exhibition are bright in colors,
light in content, cheerful in communication and reasonable in price. It would
be a wonderful opportunity to freshen up your flat with some new and colorful
art, as well as choosing presents to cheer your beloved friends and families
up.

A diverse selection, the exhibition has
Carmen Gloria Machuca, Frankie Cihi, Ghasan Saaid and Isabel Garfias offering
their abstract paintings in orange and green. Machuca’s paintings with strong
strokes and colors express her observation on the exterior space that we do not
notice in daily life; Cihi’s paintings deliver her hope in uniting the world
and promoting togetherness in the world to restore peace; Saaid’s work captures
the daily moments of life and rewrites those life stories on a canvas; Garfias
translates the spice and taste of Mexican food into colors and shapes.

For figurative art, we have Cristina
Blanch and Erin de Burca who realistically convey the loneliness if city life,
while Paulina Beyer paints her beloved hometown – Chile – with a hint of cubism. Christian
Hofmann’s hyperrealist paintings create the illusion of a 3D canvas; Paul
Lemmon from London
vividly captures the liveliness and movement in British bars and the nostalgic
images of antique cars. Last but not least, there’s Gina Intveen who skillfully
portrays the dual characters of female – the feminine soft side, as well as the
strength within them.